Appointed by President Cleveland to U.S. Assay Commission, 1 Jan.
Death of Charlotte Elizabeth Peirce, his aunt, 4 Feb.
Rented Scheinmee Homestead on Broad Street, Milford, 28 Apr.
Assigned a clerk, Allan Risteen, for Coast Survey work
Risteen and wife stay with Peirce’s in Milford, Apr.–Jul.
Purchased with Juliette the Quick farm about two miles northeast of Milford, 10 May; renamed Arisbe in 1891
1889
First edition of Century Dictionary published; continues till 1891
Started renovations on Quick farmhouse, Jan.
O. H. Mitchell, 37, died of pneumonia at Marietta, 29 Mar.
Juliette diagnosed with tuberculosis in May
Thomas Corwin Mendenhall succeeded Thorn as superintendent of the Coast Survey, 9 Jul.
After many delays, submitted report on gravity at Smithsonian, Ann Arbor, Madison, and Cornell, 20 Nov. Never published
Juliette travelled to Mediterranean for her health, Nov. 27–spring ’90
1890
Ernst Schröder resumed correspondence with Peirce, 1 Feb.
Helped organize the New York Times debate on Spencer; contributed under the name “Outsider,” 23 Mar.–27 Apr.
Invited by Paul Carns to write article for inaugural issue of the Monist, 2 Jul.; submitted “The Architecture of Theories,” 3 Aug. (too late for the first issue), launching one of his most important publishing relationships
1891
Forced to resign from Coast and Geodetic Survey, 31 Dec.
1892
Delivered Lowell lectures on “The History of Science,” 28 Nov.’92–5 Jan. ’93
1893
Petrus Peregrinus announced; prospectus published, Oct.
“Search for a Method” announced by Open Court (not completed)
“The Principles of Philosophy” (in 12 vols.) announced by Henry Holt Co., Dec. (not completed)
1894
“How to Reason” rejected by both Macmillan and Ginn & Co.
1895
“New Elements of Mathematics” rejected by Ginn & Co.
1896
Consulting chemical engineer (till ’02), St. Lawrence Power Co.
1896–97
Reviewed Ernst Schröder’s works on logic of relatives
1898
Delivered Cambridge lectures on “Reasoning and the Logic of Things,” 10 Feb.–7 Mar.
“The History of Science” announced by Putnam’s (not completed)
William James introduced “Pragmatism” to Berkeley Philosophical Union, naming Peirce its father, 26 Aug.
1901
Contributed to Baldwin’s Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology
Presented “On the Logic of Research into Ancient History” to National Academy of Sciences, 12–14 Nov.
1901–02
Completed the first four chapters of “Minute Logic”
1902
Applied to Carnegie Institution for grant to fund “Proposed Memoirs on Minute Logic” (rejected)
1903
Delivered Harvard lectures on “Pragmatism,” 26 Mar.–17 May
Delivered Lowell lectures on “Some Topics of Logic,” 23 Nov.–17 Dec.
Began correspondence with Victoria Lady Welby
1905–06
Published three Monist papers on pragmatism (series incomplete)
1906
Presented paper on existential graphs to National Academy of Sciences, Apr.
Presented paper on phaneroscopy to National Academy of Sciences, Nov.
1907
Delivered three Harvard Philosophy Club lectures on “Logical Methodeutic,” 8–13 Apr.
Wrote lengthy letter to the Nation and Atlantic Monthly on pragmatism (especially R 318)
1908
Published “A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God,” Hibbert Journal, Oct.
1908–09
Published Monist series on “Amazing Mazes”
1909
Originated a matrix method for three-valued logic; recorded in his Logic Notebook (R 339), 23 Feb.
1911
Wrote “A Sketch of Logical Critics” for volume to honor Lady Welby (not completed)
Last public presentation: “The Reasons of Reasoning, or Grounds of Inferring” at meeting of National Academy of Sciences, 21–22 Nov.
1914
Died of cancer at Arisbe, 19 Apr.
Bibliographical Abbreviations in Editorial Matter
CD [page #] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, 10 volumes, ed. William D. Whitney (New York: The Century Company, 1889–). The pagination is that of Peirce's personal interleaved copy, which was the dictionary's first printing. Unless specified otherwise all quotations are considered Peirce's and were marked by him in his own copy.
CN [page #] Contributions to The Nation, 4 parts, ed. Kenneth L. Ketner and James E. Cook (Lubbock: Texas Tech Press, 1975–88). A searchable CD-ROM edition is published by InteLex Corporation (1999) as part of Charles Sanders Peirce: Published Philosophy (I).
CP [volume #.para #] Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce, volumes 1–6 eds. Charles Hartshorne and Paul Weiss; volumes 7–8 ed. Arthur Burks (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931–35,1958).
EP [volume #] The Essential Peirce, volume 1 eds. Nathan Houser and Christian Kloesel; volume 2 ed. Peirce Edition Project (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1992, 1998).
ISP [page #] Numbers Bates-stamped in 1974 on each sheet of an electroprint copy made from The Charles S. Peirce Papers (Cambridge: Harvard University Library, 1966, microfilm, 33 reels including supplement) and kept at the Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism, at Texas Tech University, Lubbock. With some exceptions the numbering follows closely the order of the pages on the microfilm. Harvard documents that were not microfilmed, including those in R 1600 and RL 100, do not have ISP numbers.
NARG [accession #] National Archives Record Group.
NEM [volume #] New Elements of Mathematics, 4 volumes in 5, ed. Carolyn Eisele (The Hague: Mouton, 1976).
O [catalog #] A publication by someone other than Peirce listed in A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Published Works of Charles Sanders Peirce, 2nd edition rev., ed. Kenneth L. Ketner (Bowling Green: Philosophy Documentation Center, 1986).
P [catalog #] A Peirce publication listed in A Comprehensive Bibliography.
R [catalog #; ISP #] A Harvard manuscript listed in Richard Robin’s Annotated Catalogue of the Papers of Charles S. Peirce (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1967). Manuscript numbers preceded by an S are listed in Robin’s “The Peirce Papers: A Supplementary Catalogue” ('Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 7 [1971]: 37–57).
RL [catalog #; ISP #] Correspondence listed in Richard Robin’s Annotated Catalogue.
RLT [page #] Reasoning and the Logic of Things, ed. K. L. Ketner (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992).
W [volume #] Writings of Charles S. Peirce (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1982–).
WMS [list #] A Peirce manuscript listed in the Chronological List
